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Startup building ‘biowearables’ for chronic kidney disease nets €2.3M


Paris-based Metyos has raised €2.3mn in pre-seed funding to improve the lives and health outcomes of chronic kidney disease patients with its biowearable technology. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10

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41 Tips & Best Practices To Create Great Webinars via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

Discover 41 best practices for creating engaging and effective webinars that resonate with your target audience, drive leads, and help you achieve your ROI goals.

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Data, data everywhere and not a stop to think

Ben and Ryan are joined by Nick Heudecker, Senior Director of Market Strategy and Competitive Intelligence at Cribl, to discuss the state of data and analytics. They cover GenAI, the role of incumbents vs. startups, challenges of data storage and security, data quality and ETL pipelines, measures of data quality for GenAI, and Cribl’s role in the data and observability space. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/03/26/data-data-everywhere-and-not-a-stop-to-think/

16 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do

I’ll admit it: For the majority of my adult life, spreadsheets have remained shrouded in mystery. I’ve used them plenty, of course—to track income, compare statistics, even maintain databases for various types of work-related info—but I’ve always felt like I’ve barely been scratching the surface of what they’re able to do.

And that’s a shame. With Google Sheets, in particular, sticking only to spreadshe

DeSantis signs bill that bans social media for children in Florida

Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors—if it withstands expected legal challenges—under a bill signed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday.

The bill will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 15- and 16-year-olds. It was slightly watered down from a proposal DeSantis vetoed earlier this month, a week before the annual legislative session ended.

How Reddit’s IPO could still go horribly wrong

Reddit went public in a long-awaited initial public offering on March 21, becoming the first social media company to do so since Pinterest in 2019.

Once something of a lawless wilderness, Reddit has gone corporate over the past decade, reining in the fringe elements of its platform and issuing a ban on hate speech, all in the hopes of luring in big-money advertisers. The strategy has to some extent worked: Reddit reported nearly $800 million in annual advertising revenue in 2023.

The TikTok bill may be the best chance to regulate the tech industry—which usually wins

The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous.

“OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you,” one said, giggling and talking over other young voices in the background. “I’ll shoot you and find you and cut you into pieces.” Another threatened to kill Tillis, and then take their own life.

Tillis’s office says it has received around 1,000 calls about

Dědičné formy slepoty mohou souviset se střevními bakteriemi

Studie britsko-čínského týmu skýtá naději, že ztrátě zraku při některých dědičných očních nemocech bude možné předejít antimikrobiálními léky. http://www.osel.cz/13403-dedicne-formy-slepoty-mohou-souviset-se-strevnimi-bakteriemi.html

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Unlocking Content Value: Measuring Content Impact Across The Customer Journey via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell

Not quite sure how to measure the true value of your content initiatives? You’re certainly not alone.  One of the biggest challenges marketers face is determining which touchpoints along the customer journey contribute most to conversions – also known as attribution modeling.  So join us on April 10, as we unravel the nuances of attribution modeling and show you how to layer first-touch and last-touch attribution within your measurement strategy.  By adopting a comprehensive approach, you’ll

#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

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EU investigates Apple, Google, Meta in first-ever probe under DMA competition law


In a significant blow to big tech, the EU is investigating Apple, Google’s parent companyAlphabet, and Meta over potential violations of the new regulations set by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA — with its compliance deadline set on March 7 — is a la

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European startups are making batteries both punchy — and portable


When engineers working for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have some welding to do out on a section of track, they don’t have to fire up a diesel generator anymore. They can plug their tools into a portable battery instead. A silent, emissions-free batt

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Big Tech once again in EU’s crosshairs, this time for non-compliance of the Digital Markets Act

European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets.The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act.The Digital Markets Act that took full effect earlier this month is a broad rulebook that targets Big Tech “gatekeeper&#x20

Spain suspends Telegram ban to investigate impact on users


Spain’s High Court has suspended its own order that was set to block messaging app Telegram’s services in the country.   Judge Santiago Pedraz issued an order on Friday calling for a temporary ban on Telegram following complaints from several media companies a

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6 reasons to apply to Fast Company’s 2024 Best Workplaces for Innovators

With more than a dozen new categories, Fast Company’s sixth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list is aiming to be more comprehensive than ever. Here are six reasons why you should apply.

1. Brand exposure. Every company selected as a finalist will be featured in the summer issue of the magazine and on fastcompany.com.

2. Talent retention. Public recognition as a Best Workplace for Innovators honoree provides powerful third-party validation that enhances yo

These 3 technologies are reinventing Silicon Valley yet again

Not only have I had the privilege of working in and covering Silicon Valley for the past 40 years, but I was also born here. I remember what it was like when it was called the “Valley of Heart’s Delight.” Back then, the entire valley was orchards of apricots, peaches, and cherries and fields of strawberries. In fact, at that time, the area’s primary business was fruit-packing canneries that processed these fruits and made jams and jellies. The summer mornings of my

Google Search Liaison: Ads Not A Hindrance To Search Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google Search Liaison clarifies that websites with ads can rank well, though it's important to balance monetization with user experience.

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One year in, Khan Academy’s AI has 65,000 students, and is still learning new skills

Roughly a year ago, the online learning nonprofit Khan Academy launched Khanmigo—an experimental AI tutor designed to give students one-on-one guidance without doing their homework for them.

In that time, the limited access pilot has expanded to roughly 65,000 students across more than 53 school districts, with plans to expand to anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million students and teachers by the fall. Khanmigo can help students do things like practice math problems, brainstorm p

Google Testing AI Chat On Developer Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google is beta testing a new AI feature called Side Panel Chat that will be integrated into Google's developer pages

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This algorithm spots workplace accidents before they happen


In 2021, there were over 3000 fatal and 2.9 million non-fatal accidents in workplaces across the EU. Over a fifth of these, perhaps unsurprisingly, occurred within the construction sector. All of them, in theory, were preventable.  Stockholm-based

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Candor is a professional networking site that reveals the person behind the résumé

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Candor is a great new site that helps others get to know you beyond your job title. Answer icebreaker-style questions about when you’re at your best, what you’re curious about, what you love about your work, hobbies, and other aspects of yourself. The result is a professional profile you can share&#x2014

Boom Supersonic poprvé vzlétli s nadzvukovým demonstračním letounem XB-1

Ostře sledovaný Boom XB-1, čili Baby Boom, je demonstrátorem budoucího nadzvukového dopravního letounu Boom Overture v třetinové velikosti. 22. března 2024 absolvoval první zkušební let na kalifornské základně Mojave Air & Space Port. Test byl úspěšný,další lety budou následovat. První let Boom Overture je plánovaný na rok 2027. http://www.osel.cz/13402-boom-supersonic-poprve-vzletli-s-nadzvukovym-demonstracnim-letounem-xb-1.html

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Nechtěný efekt ekologického zemědělství

Tak, jako mají nežádoucí dopady některá z dobře míněných opatření bojovníků s klimatem, podobně vyplouvají na povrch nežádoucí dopady farmaření kterým se dávají různé přívlastky a kterými se před volbami rádi ohánějí politici. Co ale nám zapomínají dodat, že ekologické, organické a další z šetrných způsobů hopodaření, automaticky negarantují zdravotní nezávadnost. A že se navíc moc neslučují s konvenčním zemědělstvím. Že jejich zavádění snižuje výnosy a potažmo zdražuje potraviny. Asi nejhorším

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Say hello to Charley, the chatbot built to get abortion-seekers the info they need

As state abortion restrictions started to tighten in the aftermath of the June 2022 decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, two longtime veterans of the fight for abortion access wanted to help.

Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and Tom Subak, the nonprofit’s former chief strategy officer, wanted to help. They started by conducting a deep dive into the online behavior of abortion seekers both before and after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jacks

What you can learn about Elon Musk from the movie he helped produce almost 20 years ago

“Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised,” says Nick Naylor, the tobacco lobbyist at the center of 2005’s Thank You for Smoking. Nearly 20 years after the film’s release, Elon Musk, who many don’t realize was one of its executive producers, has come to know the feeling well.

“I have no problem being hated. Hate away,” Musk told Andrew Ross Sorkin during last November’s DealBook Summit. His remarks came as

Following several rocky years, the automotive industry is getting its innovation groove back

Five years ago, the automotive industry appeared poised for frenetic growth, with global carmakers snapping up autonomous driving startups for billions of dollars and making rosy promises to go fully electric. Then the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the roseate advance toward a greener, more Jetsons-esque streetscape.

During the resulting fallout, many companies working on battery-electric or self-driving technology, including Ford’s Argo AI and General Motors’ Cruise subsi

10 Law Firm Marketing Tactics For Business Building In 2024 via @sejournal, @krisjonescom

Learn the essential tactics for successful law firm marketing. From digital strategies to personalized approaches, stay ahead of the competition and attract potential clients.

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Ultratenké diamantové membrány dramaticky ochlazují elektroniku

Elektrický proud je osudově spjatý s tvorbou tepla. Tvůrci elektroniky věnují hodně úsilí tomu, aby teplo udrželi na uzdě. Diamantové membrány o tloušťce 1 mikrometr jsou ohebné a lze je připojit k elektronickým komponentám. Výborně vedou teplo, elektřinu naopak vůbec a lze je snadno vyrábět ve velkém. http://www.osel.cz/13400-ultratenke-diamantove-membrany-dramaticky-ochlazuji-elektroniku.html

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Big Tech is tackling rampant election misinformation in non-English-speaking countries—and not just in the E.U.

Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. Concerns about campaigns and candidates using social media to spread lies about elections. Fears that tech companies will fail to address these issues as their platforms are used to undermine democracy ahead of pivotal elections.

Those are the worries facing elections in the U.S., where most voters speak English. But for languages like Spanish, or in dozens of nations where English isn’t the domina

CrowdTangle’s former CEO has questions about Meta’s decision to close the research tool in an election year

Meta announced this month that in August it will be closing CrowdTangle, the platform monitoring tool the company bought in 2016. The tool, which tracks the top performing links posted on Meta’s platforms, has been deprioritized by Meta for years and victim of various internal reorganizing efforts.

Meta says that CrowdTangle will be replaced by two new tools, Meta Content Library and Content Library API, which the company says “provide useful, high-quality data to

This New Orleans museum uses AI to allow visitors to speak with WWII veterans

Olin Pickens sat in his wheelchair facing a life-size image of himself on a screen, asking it questions about being taken prisoner by German soldiers during World War II. After a pause, his video-recorded twin recalled being given “sauerkraut soup” by his captors before a grueling march.

“That was a Tuesday morning, February the 16th,” Pickens’s on-screen likeness answered. “And so we started marching. We’d walk four hours, then we&#x

Not all solar eclipse glasses are created equal. Counterfeits have infiltrated online marketplaces like Amazon

Americans from Maine to Texas are set for a rare treat on April 8, 2024, when a total solar eclipse will be visible across much of the U.S.

In ancient times, eclipse-viewers thought they were watching the sun be eaten by wolves, a dragon, or a demon.

Of course, we now know that the sun isn’t really eaten during an eclipse. Instead, it does what it always does: rain ultraviolet rays on everything in its path. That’s why you should never look at a solar eclipse witho

#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy

Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Nuclear War: A Scenario (book): https://amzn.to/3THZHf

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Disruptive innovation is the key to plastics sustainability

Plastic plays a critical role in virtually all industries, from agriculture and construction to healthcare and manufacturing. Time magazine has called plastic one of the four materials (along with cement, steel, and ammonia) without which modern societies would not be possible. However, as global production of this cheap, lightweight, and highly versatile material doubled during the past two decades, plastic consumption grew even faster, according to the OECD, creating significant sustainabil

DEI is not why ‘Star Wars’ is getting worse

Pity the die-hard Star Wars fan. It used to be so easy for them to identify where the series purportedly went wrong. One could summarize it in two simple words: the prequels. At this point, however, the franchise has zoomed out to a galaxy far, far beyond the original trilogy, or even the original trilogy of trilogies, to the point where some of its prequels now have prequels. (And the generation of kids who grew up watching the prequel trilogy have since reclaimed it.)

Of all the e

Ukraine’s tech sector has proved resilient in wartime. Women’s startups have offered hope

War in Ukraine has pushed women into more leadership roles in its growing tech sector, where they are gaining experience and contacts abroad that could help rebuild the economy when the conflict ends, some entrepreneurs, companies, and investors say.

With most men unable to leave Ukraine, women tech entrepreneurs like Anna Lissova, 30, who runs mental health startup Pleso Therapy, have taken charge of raising funds, finding new clients abroad and embracing other key roles.

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Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis underscores the pernicious nature of online conspiracy theories

Kate Middleton announced on Friday she has been diagnosed with cancer. In a video statement published simultaneously across social and traditional media, Middleton explained that traces of cancer had been discovered following abdominal surgery earlier this year.

The statement is an intensely personal one—and one that the Princess of Wales may well have felt she had to make by dint of her status as the U.K.’s queen-in-waiting. But the last few weeks of social media hyst

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Mar 18 – Mar 22)

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Čína staví elektromagnetický railgun pro vypouštění masivních kosmoplánů

Čína se pustila do nesmírně náročného projektu elektromagnetického katapultu kosmoplánů. Chtějí odpalovat stroje proporcí Beoingu 737 a váze 50 tun s lidskou posádkou na orbitu. Mají-li uspět, budou potřebovat extrémně dlouhou dráhu a nesmírně výkonný zdroj energie. Pokud to ale zvládnou, vstoupí do historie. http://www.osel.cz/13399-cina-stavi-elektromagneticky-railgun-pro-vypousteni-masivnich-kosmoplanu.html

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Přišli jste o hlasivky? Náplast vám řeč vrátí

Ať už nás o hlas připraví cokoliv, malá snímatelná náplast na krku by nás měla vrátit znovu do hry. Teda pokud jde o tu správnou - prošpikovanou senzory s asistencí AI. http://www.osel.cz/13398-prisli-jste-o-hlasivky-naplast-vam-rec-vrati.html

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3 major ways the EU’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple could impact your iPhone

It’ll likely take years before the U.S. government’s massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved—but the iPhone maker’s troubles with European regulators offer a glimpse of what changes American customers may see down the line.The U.S. lawsuit seeks to stop Apple from undermining technologies that compete with its own apps in areas such as streaming, messaging, and digital payments. The Department of Justice also wants to prevent the tech giant from buildin

Does AI have a sense of humor?

Back in January, a lot of people were infuriated by the very idea of a posthumous, AI-generated George Carlin special—at least until it turned out to be written by a human. Jeff Ganim was not one of those people. “I want to see an AI Jerry Seinfeld cracking jokes in a hundred years about the towels in a hotel on the moon,” the AI prompt engineer says.

Ganim’s recent creation, PFFT, named after one of the sounds people’s lips allegedly make when the

A deal to bring Google’s AI to the iPhone carries major questions around money

This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission.

A report Monday by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, citing unnamed sources, stated that Apple is in talks with Alphabet’s Google to bring the latter’s artificial intelligence mega-program, Gemini, to the iPhone. Gurman’s report raised but did not answer an interesting question, Who pays whom?

Gemini is a recently-released program from Google that can do thin

Is Donald Trump’s Truth Social headed to Wall Street?

Donald Trump’s return to the stock market could be right around the corner.All eyes are on a vote scheduled for Friday by shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company that is looking to merge with the former president’s media business. The deal’s approval would open the door for Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is the social networking site Truth Social, to soon begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market in Digital W

Contact Us Page Examples: 44 Designs For Inspiration via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

While often overlooked, a Contact Us page is essential for your site to engage with customers. Check out these inspirational examples and helpful tips.

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‘Hidden’ racial slurs are flooding across Russian media, AI study reveals


A glut of racial slurs hidden in slang has emerged in Russian digital media. The insults were discovered by Osavul, a Ukrainian startup that uses AI to analyse information threats. Osavul tapped language models to conduct a cross-platform survey of racial dis

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TNW Podcast: We try the new Cowboy bike and talk to the founders


Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Linnea talk a

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Italian PM seeks justice for deepfake porn video amid surge in cases


Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking €100,000 in damages after deepfake pornographic videos of her were shared online.  Meloni is seeking compensation from a 40-year-old and his father over the deepfakes, which we

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Danielle Francis, Co-founder & CEO at bCOACHED, will speak at this year’s EU-Startups Summit!

We’re thrilled to announce Danielle Francis, Co-founder & CEO of bCOACHED, as a speaker at this year’s EU-Startups Summit! Transitioning from an engineering background to a certified executive coach, Danielle has carved a niche in the training and coaching industry, impacting ventures from early-stage startups to executives at global companies such as LinkedIn, Etsy, and […]

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Berlin-based World Fund closes milestone €300 million fund to institutionalise climate capital in Europe

World Fund, one of Europe’s leading climate tech VC, has closed a €300 million first fund. Notable backing comes from major investors including EIF, KfW Capital, Wachstumsfonds, BPI France, PwC Germany, NRWbank and Ignitis Group. A number of pension funds also joined the fund, including the UK Environment Agency Pension Fund, Wiltshire Pension Fund, and […]

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The EIT Digital Champions Have Arisen

Editor’s Note: This post has been created in collaboration and with financial support from EIT Digital. If you’re also interested in partnering with us, just reach out. The EIT Digital Champions 2024, a leading pan-European competition for digital deep tech scaleups in Europe, has proudly announced its champions. Designed to spotlight and support fast-growing European companies that excel […]

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Manchester-based AccessPay closes €22.1 million to expand bank integration solution to the US

AccessPay, a leading bank integration provider, announced that it has closed a €22.1 million funding round with a combination of equity and debt. The round was led by True Ventures, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, with participation from Manchester-based investment firm Praetura Ventures, NatWest, Mastercard, Route 66 Ventures, and Beringea. This latest round of […]

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